Windows 7 Radeon 9250 - Dual monitors = Solution?

[spartan 214]

hi everyone

just got win7 and after i finaly installed my graphics card.... it had a spaz(not literaly) and it doesnt want to detect two moniters at the same time.... anyone got any solutions or words of advice?

thanks

 

[kemical]

Hi Spartan214,
what do you mean by 'spaz'...? Also have you installed the drivers for the card? If not you can get the latest here:

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[spartan 214]

hi um pretty sure i tried sownloading catalyst before... ill try that again.
heres my specs and i meant spasm...
i just checked then theres not catalyst downloads for 9200 series

 

[spartan 214]

ill be bak in the morning... (8hrs)

 

[reghakr]

Did you download the drivers from her:
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or here:
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BTW, what is an Nvidia/DSE/Customized

Did you check ATi's site for the Windows 7 driver?

You want to go to Device manger, ckick on the graphics driver and choose remove or uninstall.

See if Windows picks up another driver for you to choose.after a restart.

 

[kemical]

Hi Sparten,
you have to use the legacy drivers which can be found here: Link Removed
The card your using is now considered by AMD/ATI as old and so only provide legacy support.

The above is for 32bit.

 

[spartan 214]

by nvidia/dse/customised... i mean i bought it from a place called DSE (they changed the cas and a few other things) and the original they got it from was aparently nvidia. then i chucked a few things in myself. so i didnt want to say i built it myself cause i didnt.

and theres no driver specificaly for my card now; just the disc i got with it.

 

[kemical]

and theres no driver specificaly for my card now; just the disc i got with it.

Did you not see what I'd written above?

As your card is now consided quite old you have to use the legacy driver found here: Link Removed
It's equivelant to Catalyst 9.8 which isn't too old as the latest cat is at 9.9

 

[spartan 214]

Did you not see what I'd written above?

yes i did see what u have written. i have tried legacy drivers and i tried that one too. nothing is working at the moment(same problem)

 

[kemical]

Ok...try this: Link Removed - Invalid URL

If the above doesn't work then something else is going off.. Let me know and we'll work out whats happening..

 

[spartan 214]

ok sorry for the lateness. um ok i did that one then during it said "all components are up-to date." so um thats not it.

 

[kemical]

Do you un-install the driver before trying the new one?

 

[spartan 214]

no... well if i uninstall all of them then what driver will i use?

 

[kemical]

Lol...windows falls back on a default one that comes with the os... You must always un-install the previous driver.
Try this app Link Removed once you've removed all the drivers, reboot and try the legacy driver again. It should work.

 

[kemical]

Further reading.... Link Removed Some great tips on installation and removal.

 

[spartan 214]

wow um lets just say i did a little too much by 'uninstalling' the drivers. but got that working again. and kinda got it now just ive got cloned screen not a seperate one... so how i like make it my second one?

 

[kemical]

You know what I would do if i was you.... Re-install.
Make sure you have the legacy driver at hand when you do and as soon as you've installed the os, install the driver.

If you really want to avoid that then I cannot recommend reading the above guide enough. It deals with situatuions like these and once you start getting into the 'mire' with catalyst drivers it can be a real pain in the ass..

 

[spartan 214]

well i cant reinstall 7 cause i dont have the disc anymore.. got it off a friend. so um i uninstalled the drivers then put them back on but that didnt do anything apart from give me cloned screens.. thanks for your help anyway.. guess ill just wait till the retail is avalible or just get a new graphics card : (

thanks anyway

 

[kemical]

Retail is only a few days away now so I guess it won't be long.. Do you have it on order?

 

[spartan 214]

we dont get untill march : (